Crash Investigation Looks Into Asiana Pilots

7/7/2013 11:34PM

The Asiana Airlines jet that crashed at SFO was descending at a dangerously slow speed, and pilots apparently ran out of time to correct their approach, investigators said. The WSJ's Mariko Sanchanta and Jeffrey Ng discuss the details.

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... the ... Dell seconds ... before the crash I see on the flight to fourteen ... at San Francisco airport coming to live this Asia today on my because Sanchanta ... with me is Jeffrey and transportation editor ... here in Asia ... Jeffrey we've been consumed with this crash for the past twenty four hours only woke up yesterday morning and saw the news ... tell me ... details coming out as to what happened in the fatal seconds ... before this airline crashed on the sentences go airport ... what happened in the cockpit and what we know so the National Transportation safety Board in the U S the NTSB at a press briefing ... late Sunday couple hours ago ... and shedding some details about the ... the the the most before the crash and do what emerged was that the co pilot of the aircraft was income than the controls storing the approach into San Francisco ... this co pilot who was ... in isn't it was in his mid forties actually ... was new to this triple seven aircraft and was this forced landing at San Francisco ... um ... what emerged was that the aircraft was landing slow slower than its ... supposedly manias begin in just one more the names ... of the normal approach ... every cruise decided to ... abort a landing with the call ... to the world go around ... only a one point five seconds before impact the belt is too late to be critical right there ... so that the focus now I think for most people is trying to find out ... more about the aisle it's where they are ... we understand the holdup at a hotel somewhere in San Francisco ... they're awaiting questioning from the NTSB officials ... now let's talk about the pilot a little bit so this is a man he's as mid forties ... you say this was his first actual triple seven and it ... took about the how does this happen ... what ... to include information provided to us from Russia and Alyssa's first landing on the profitable seven in sentences go ... aam but we do understand that he is relatively new to the aircraft type ... pilots are usually trained on ... the new kit of parts license but you also need to be trained and certified on certain aircraft types ... has parlayed ... that became a became ... a goddess pose licenses in pink and two thousand and one ... said he was certified on other aircraft and had only recently decided to ... open moved to the triple seven ... fleet ... it is still early to say at this point whether it was cutting the costs of crash ... but ... in circuses or circumstance like this I sometimes low the past and could you ... could fly the plane for the first officer the Pope ... defined as well but in emergency cases that happened could come back in to take control we don't know what actually happened going to levels last few seconds before the crash ... but what we do understand is that they decided to abort the landing ... very shortly before ... the the the the the crash and it was too late ... a little but about what's going happen now for the pilots and then as we know that that the question but the NTSB ... charges ... be filed against these men and ... the tricky part is I don't have to go back to Seoul and also face ... some kind of disciplinary action or legal action ... it's still too early to say at this point whether they will face any sort of criminal charges ... and unless you see varied negligent acts from the pilots which there at this point no signs whatsoever ... of the court also face some similar charges in Korea so ... I'd deftly in the back of their minds think of it this is all very stressful for them ... talk about us down on the top and no surprise shares are down seven percent this morning ... this ... airline that's been going through a big restructuring at the same time that a lot of orders for planes outstanding ... it happened to them says South Korea's second because they're ... well ... she has been ... really ... competing tough with its main competitor Korean and ... in in Korea and the market the market itself ... in Korea isn't very great ... and ... they've been trying to capitalize on booming Chinese market ... to take transit passengers through two places in North America and even to Europe ... of the flight now in the end of two twenty one cities in mainland China ... Korean Air flies to twenty two of us more than most any any other foreign airlines operating ... in China ... that they've really invested all on expanding ... their long haul network the fat quarter have orders for six of the mega jumbo the three idiots out there taking delivery very shortly they've also were thirty of these new with the three fifty long haul ... aircraft of the invisible on the future and whether in ... a lot of Chinese consumers might lose confidence ... on on Asiana or other Corey Miller Airlines is ... really questionable this point but ... I'll what you have to understand is that on a lot of ... trespass and flights on China still the demand is still very very strong ... lot of Chinese customers don't want to fly for Japan because of obvious political reasons ... a tour groups will ... will open Japanese carriers ... and some ... and ... they're ... back to court no Korean ... and company other airlines in Korea so ... it will be very interesting to see going forward if the demand to profile for ... the Korean Airlines is expecially Asiana will ... be impacted ... thank so much Stephanie of Transportation editor for The Wall Street Journal ... but I'll be updating this site today with whatever breaking news that is on this crash will be followed closely ... but it WS J dot com for all updates for Asia today on my because Sanchanta ...